Shinhan Financial Group (SHG) Competitors

Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG) and ING Groep (NYSE:ING) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHG or ING?

ING Groep received 236 more outperform votes than Shinhan Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.59% of users gave Shinhan Financial Group an outperform vote while only 54.77% of users gave ING Groep an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shinhan Financial Group	Outperform Votes 269 63.59%	Underperform Votes 154 36.41%
ING Groep	Outperform Votes 505 54.77%	Underperform Votes 417 45.23%

Is SHG or ING a better dividend stock?

Shinhan Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ING Groep pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Shinhan Financial Group pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ING Groep pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is SHG or ING more profitable?

ING Groep has a net margin of 28.30% compared to Shinhan Financial Group's net margin of 12.21%. ING Groep's return on equity of 11.81% beat Shinhan Financial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shinhan Financial Group	12.21%	7.34%	0.59%
ING Groep	28.30%	11.81%	0.61%

Which has better earnings & valuation, SHG or ING?

ING Groep has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shinhan Financial Group. Shinhan Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ING Groep, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shinhan Financial Group	$17.65T	0.00	$3.49B	$7.68	5.01
ING Groep	$22.58B	3.34	$6.92B	$2.11	10.21

Which has more risk & volatility, SHG or ING?

Shinhan Financial Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ING Groep has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SHG or ING?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shinhan Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ING Groep	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SHG or ING?

7.8% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of ING Groep shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shinhan Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor SHG or ING?

In the previous week, ING Groep had 6 more articles in the media than Shinhan Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ING Groep and 8 mentions for Shinhan Financial Group. ING Groep's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Shinhan Financial Group's score of 0.96 indicating that ING Groep is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shinhan Financial Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ING Groep	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ING Groep beats Shinhan Financial Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.